Paper lock-box



G. 0. WENZBL. Pap-e1 LockBOX- 'No'. 228,008. Patented May 25, '|880'i N.PETER8. PHUTUvUI'HOGRAFHE. WASHINGTON, D-C.

UNITED STATES PATENT Ormea.

GEORGE O. WENZEL, OF` NEWBURG, NEW YORK.

PAPER LOCK-BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 228,008, dated May 25, 1.880.l

Application filed November 12, 879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE O. WENZEL, of Newburg, in the county of Orange and State of New York, have invented anew Oombination Paper Lock-Box, of which the following is a specification.

rlhe object ot my invention is to provide a packing-box to hold securely line pulverized material, grain, seeds, or any other products which may escape or fall out from any eommon folded package, especially when exposed to long` transportation.

This packing box, made ot' paper, pasteboard, or any other suitable material, is cut out in one piece and scored in parallel and transverse lines, so that the body of the box will be formed by bending the sides and fastening the ends together' by pasting or in any other l way.

The closing ofthe ends of the box most securely is the object of this invention; and to describe it more plainly I refer to the accompanying drawings, in which- I Figure l shows the end of the box when cut out and before folding it up. Figs. 2, 3, 4, and 5 show the closing ot' the end of the box in the different stages of the ope-ration. Figs.

.6, 7, and S show an additional protection of the whole end of the box and the manner of fastening this protection to the box.

. A B O D are the four sides of the box, and the narrow strip o, being pasted to the side D, holds all in position. The ends of the sides are serrated and eut to different lengths, so as to come together and interlock each other, as designed.

The tirst side to be turned down to close the end of the box is the ilap on A. It is scored as marked in dotted lines. The whole ap is turned at right angles to side A, but the centerpiece, d, is left in position parallel with A, bending in the score between the iaps a a, as shown in Fig. 2.

The second operation is to turn down the side flaps, b b2, on the sides B and C. A part of these has been cut away so as to close behind the piece d on the first flap. These sides b b? together are longer than the side A is wide, and overlap each other. The ends of these aps are cut in an inclined line as deep asthe pieces overlap each other, and interlock each other, as shown in Fig. 3.

. Now the lap c on D is being turned down, and while doing this the end ot' the ap d is pushed rst through the slot h2 one way, and afterwardthrough the slot h' back the other way, as shown in Fig. 4, and when nearly in a closed position the short flap g is pushed into the slot K, so as to secure the ends of all the aps', as shown in Fig. 5. This closes the ends of the box, so that all seams are perfectly covered.

For the packing of some productsof manufacture, as cigarettes, Sac., it may be convenient to be able to take out some of them from the package without opening the whole end, which can be done by cutting the side lD from the corners diagonally, as shown in Fig. l, at m m, and scoring the side at the bottom of the iiap. It', then, the tuck d is pulled out, the flap c can be opened and turned back, with the part of the side D lying between the cuts m m, soas to pick out some of the cigarettes.

To protect the ends of the boxes yet more securely, a cover, t s s, of light tin or any other suitable material, tted closely over the end and projecting some short distance down the sides of the box, is pushed over the end of the box. The bottom of this cover t has a hole cut in it a little longer than the flap d is wide, and about as wide as the space is between the two slots h and h2 in the iiap c. This hole exposes the flap d partially 5 and now a narrow strip of tin, n n, is pushed under the Hap d, so that the ends a n rest on the covert, while the center of the strip is under the tlap d, in this way fastening the cover t s s tightly to the end of the box, and th-us protecting the edges and corners of the box in a most perfect manner.

These covers may be used as protection for any ot' those kinds of packing-boxes with one or more openings in the bottom end to suit vthe shape of the closing-iiap on the box, to

, 9 fasten theln to the bottom of the box by the IOO any suitable material, the laps a and c, the rst one having three separate laps, d, d, and d, and a slot, 7c, the other to have two slots, 7L' h2, and a short flap or tuck, g, substantially as specied.

2. The combination of va paper box provided with Athe iap' a, having tongue d, and

Hap c, having slots 7L h2, with the cap t s, having slot in its top, and the bar n, substantially as shown and described.

GEORGE G. VVENZEL.

Witnesses:

J. W. GEREGKE,

GEORGE H. CLARK. 

